os-module-methods.txt

# importing os, not needed to be installed explicitly
import os

# all the attributes & methods of os
print(dir(os))
print(dir(os.path))

# get current directory
print(os.getcwd())

# change directory
os.chdir('path of the new folder')

# list of all files & folders in current directory
os.listdir()
os.listdir('path')

# create directory
os.mkdir('directory name')
os.makedirs('directory name')
# if you want to create directory a few levels deep, then makedirs will create the intermediate directories for you

# delete file or folder
os.rmdir('file path')
os.removedirs('file path')

# renaming file or folder
os.rename('original file name', 'new file name')

# information about a particular file
print(os.stat('file name'))

# if we want to see the entire directory tree and files within our current directory
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('path') :
	print('Current Path', dirpath)
	print('Current Path's folder names', dirnames)
	print('Current Path's file names', filenames)

# concatenationg file path
os.path.join('path1', 'path2')

# checking if a file exists or not
os.path.exists('filename')